Juice extractor



April 29, 1930. F. H. KREUTER JUICE EXTRACTOR Filed April 25, 1928 ATTORNEY view, the invention consistsin the novel con- Patented Apr. 1930 I {Tin ,ATENT OFFICE FR NK H; Kan rrnnor' PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA JUICE EXTRAC'IORY Application filed April 25,

' The object of this invention is to provide an article especially adapted for individual use at the table and designed topermit of the convenient extractionor pressing of the juice from slicedzlemon or the like, without soiling the fingers, and without other. unpleasant results. r A further object is to provide a device adapted to be made from a single sheet of metal, with portions thereof pressed out by dies or otherwise, for forming'engaging, portions, oppositely. located when theplate is bent into U form, and portions forming hand or finger members.

I .VVith the foregoing and-other objects in struction and arrangement of elements 'de scrlbed, illustrated and claimed, it being V pleted device.

understood that modifications" maybe made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming part ofthis application: V

Figure 1 shows the device in vertical section, with one side element in elevation, the section being on line 1-1 of Figure 2.

Figure 2 is a transverse section on lineQ-Q of Figure 1. v 1 Figure 3 shows the blank before bending claimed is:- 7

1928. Serial No. 272,816.

The finger members or hand holds are represented by opposite edge portions 16 and 17, and each is provided with a 'depression' such .as 18, the plates including a shoulder adjacent to'each depression and the'shoulder being designated 19. This permits of properly positioning the fingers with reference to the side elements of the pressure device or extracting device, and'fnrtherprevents the juices from being ejected upwardly under pressure. I Having describedthe invention what is Ina device of the class described, a plurality or" side membersconnected along one edge by a fold, approximately parallel" series of oppositely pro ecting elements carried by V the side. members and constituting pressure devices, and shoulders formed between the projecting elements and those edge portions 1 of the side members remote from the fold,-the

shoulders being reversely positioned, alined transversely, and each positioned to directly engage the edge portion of an articleof fruit:

placed between the side members. r

.9 whereof I'afiix my signature.

In testimony I Y FRANK H. KREUTER.

into U'form, but after having been" pressed into shape by dies.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the com- Referring to about the form'ther'ein' illustrated, being approximately hexagonal but having certain of the sides curved, as shown at the-upper and nated 14c and 15, or theseries being so designated, and these elements mayproject in the 7 form 30f rectangular devices although any suitable configuration will serve the purpose.

Figure 3, the blank may be of 

